Monday, May 30, 2011

Relocating O'Riley...and his hip

O'Riley came to us from the East Valley shelter where he had been found as a stray. He wasn't bearing weight on his left rear leg, so no one adopetd him. We picked him up and the vet quickly diagnosed a luxated (dislocated) hip. We don't know if he was hit by a car or if this happened some other way. The vet was able to get the hip back in its socket and it is now immobilized for the next 14 days. We are hoping this works, but if it doesn't, he will need to undergo hip surgery.